Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hello Blue Fern Studios fans. Vera Shelemekh is here to inspire you with the new amazing In the Mood collection. I have prepared two layouts and one traditional off the page project.

So help yourself with a cup of tea and some cookies and enjoy the beauty of In the Mood papers and printed chipboards.
I'll start the journey with a wedding layout. There was no chance not to make a romantic and tender page with many fussy cut roses and lace and sparkling sentiment.
In the Mood Mellow paper became the backgroung for this project.

The chipboard frame and branches are embossed with Icicle powder. Under the frame you may notice the brand new Lace 11

The sentiments on the printed chipboard are so sweet, just perfect for the story.

The title is covered with Fool's gold glitter.

And I added gold nugget seedlings here and there.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

In the Mood - Mellow

In the Mood - Ecstatic

Chipboards:

In the mood printed chipboard

Embossing powder:

Icicle

Seedlings

Gold nugget

Glitter:

Fools gold

Lace:

Lace11

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The other layout is also about relationship but this time I made my little son and hig girl friend play the main role) The picture was taken about 5 years ago in the street. The car is the present from my son's God father.

I picked In the Mood Dreamy back side as background and added pieces of Paisley and Vine papers.

The frame is decorated with washi tape.

I used a lot of Iridescent grey and Icicle powder to emboss the chipboard embelishments. And some hearts are covered with Fire Engine glitter.

I can't imagine my layouts without seedlings. Here you may notice Flaming.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

In the Mood - Dreamy

Paisley and Vine - Passion

Paisley and Vine - Bohemian

Chipboards:

In the mood printed chipboard

Embossing powder:

Icicle

Iridescent grey

Seedlings

Flaming

Glitter:

Fire engine

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And now let's go off the page. I've created a very tender shabby chic planner. The cover is decorated with In the Mood printed chipboard, pices of Lace 3 and beautiful paper flowers.

I also added a small raw chipboard heart covered with Vintage gold glitter.

The pages are embellished with In the Mood printed chipboard and fussy cut flowers.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

In the Mood - Dreamy

In the Mood - Ecstatic

In the Mood - Flirty

In the Mood - Attracted

Chipboards:

In the Mood printed chipboard

Embossing powder:

Glisten sand

Seedlings

Mauve

Glitter:

Vintage gold

Lace:

Lace 3

Flowers:

Apricot blooms

Harvest lilies

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I hope you love the projects I've created for your inspiration. See you in March *)

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

I have a photo tutorial for you today using this fabulous new collection. I decided instead of doing the obvious to use the collection for something different. Something more masculine, which was this little guy running down the beach :).

What I love about the whole creative process, is theres no right or wrong way of doing it. Messy, grungy, simple, complicated its all up to you. Heres how I achieved the look I wanted.

Once I chose my paper - Dreamy - I picked all the embellishments I wanted to use and fiddled around til I was happy with my composition.

Next I applied gesso over the paper - this prepares the paper or primes it, making the surface slightly textured and ready to accept paint mediums - without it paints or sprays would just soak into the paper.

While the gesso is drying I started altering my chipboard. I used a few different techniques - the chain link I just inked with black ink. The cogs I just painted red - that large red cog? is the negative from chain link - so don't throw those away, they come in handy! And lastly the diamond bits and dots and embossed with the new Black Gold embossing powder - the photo doesn't do this product justice, it embosses beautifully!!

While the paint is drying on the chipboard I could then start splattering away at my background. I used a mixture of black and white gesso and red paint, all spritzed with water to thin it down and then splattered around the page with a paint brush, starting with the lightest colour first.

The next step was deciding what stamps I wanted to use. Ive used a mixture from three different sets. To figure out where I wanted to stamp, I reassembled my embellishments and pencilled lightly around them, then removed them and started randomly using my newsprint stamp. The star bursts and circle stamps were used with more precision - I wanted these overlapping the chipboard pieces creating a collage effect.

The last thing I added was seedlings, and stickers, you can see these in the closeups :)

The final picture, the completed layout. I love it! He looks like he's having such a great time :) <3

Products Used:

Patterned Paper

In the Mood - Dreamy

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

Texture Circles

Christmas Collage

Seedlings

Beating Heart

Embossing Powder

Black Gold

February is the month of love and my second project for you today embraces that using the same collection, but this time I went OTP.

To create my centre cluster, I used a combination of stunning flowers, chipboard and diecut pieces.

I wanted the entire project to match so I used the same papers and embellishments in both.

Here you can see the detail added to the sides of the box and the dimensionality of decorated lid.

Inside I used some of the lovely lace that comes with the collection - and perfect for covering up where you just have'nt quite got the cut of your paper accurate! ;)

Hopefully I inspired you to get creating with this lovely new collection :). See you next month!